Overview

Ransomes started manufacturing lawn mowers in 1832 and has, with one or two short breaks, continued production ever since. The company is now part of the Textron Corporation.

Help With Ransomes Mowers

The Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading has an extensive archive of Ransomes information including operating manuals and sales and promotional literature. The museum can normally supply copies of some of this information and provide a basic machine dating service for a nominal cost which covers copying and postage.

When contacting the museum please have a note of any serial numbers from the mower and/or its engine. Patent numbers can also be useful. Motor mowers can generally be dated more accurately than hand machines because the production records compiled by Ransomes (and now retained by the museum) are more specific.